The Times Cinema will reopen Friday with floodlight hitting the skies, a red carpet purportedly filled with paparazzi and "Django Unchained" on the screen.

The Times, at 5906 W. Vliet St., has been closed since March, when the lender for the building and other properties, including the Rosebud Cinema in Wauwatosa, began foreclosure proceedings. Investor Lee Barczak, who owns the Avalon Theatre property in the Bay View neighborhood, bought the Times and Rosebud at a foreclosure auction in May, and reopened the Rosebud in August| Dec. 23, 2012»Read Full Article(1)

Christian rock band Skillet, featuring Kenosha native Korey Cooper, scored an impressive No. 2 bow on the Billboard charts with its 2009 album “Awake.” But it wasn’t the kind of album that debuted strongly and quickly faded away.

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Pianist Bill Carrotthers and his trio headline Eastside Jazzfest, a one-day music festival at Milwaukee Youth Arts Center. The event features Milwaukee and national jazz acts with ties to Milwaukee designed to raise money for the Milwaukee Jazz Vision Scholarship Program. The night's lineup also includes the Donna Woodall Group, the Eric Schoor Quartet and the UWM Jazz Combo. | Jan. 24, 2013»Read Full Article

Inside a converted theater in West Allis that is now the Epikos Church, Northern Room is rehearsing, and its dreamy, U2-indebted alt-rock sounds superb. This is only its second time playing together since 2008, and a benefit this Saturday at Turner Hall Ballroom for the Pablove Foundation - a nonprofit co-founded by Milwaukee native Jeff Castelaz that raises money for pediatric cancer research - is its only planned show.

The group's big local break happened in January 2006, when it won a slot opening for Bon Jovi at the Bradley Center through a radio contest. | Jan. 24, 2013»Read Full Article

For the past few years, I've scouted out new or under-the-radar fish fries to recommend to readers just as Lent begins. This year, we want to put a spotlight on your recommendations. Send me your suggestions by Feb. 8, and Weekend Cue will feature them in the Feb. 15 edition.

Tell us about your favorite fish fry in one or more categories: | Jan. 24, 2013»Read Full Article

"Sound City," a new documentary about a legendary California recording studio and the rock music made there, gets a one-night-only showing at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Oriental Theatre, 2230 N. Farwell Ave.

Dave Grohl gets out from behind the drum kit (and guitar) to direct the film, which had its world premiere Jan. 18 at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. | Jan. 24, 2013»Read Full Article

Sam Llanas, formerly of the BoDeans, will kick-off the opening night of the 2013 Wisconsin State Fair amphitheater lineup on Aug. 1. Funky funsters Here Come The Mummies will perform Aug. 2 and Aug. 3, and classic rockers Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone, will take the stage Aug. 8 and Aug. 9.

The stage, formerly the Cousins Subs Amphitheater, has been renamed Bank Mutual Amphitheater, and is located off Central Avenue. It will feature family-friendly entertainment daily, including several performances by the Kids from Wisconsin and the annual Wisconsin State Fair Pom Pon Competition. | Jan. 24, 2013»Read Full Article

An extensive renovation of the former Triangle Bar in Walker's Point is shaping into a restaurant called Blue Jacket, oriented toward the Great Lakes.

The restaurant, at 135 E. National Ave., is next to La Merenda. Owners Laura and Tom van Heijningen began work on it last year, and it's targeted to open in late spring -- perhaps May -- or early summer. | Jan. 24, 2013»Read Full Blog Post(9)

Is the style Sinatra? Buddy Greco? Nope, it's Jerry Grillo's own. The Milwaukee vocalist brings his jazz stylings--- and his band -- to the Mitchell Park Domes "Music Under Glass" series Thursday night at 6:30 p.m.

While you're at The Domes, relive the days when the Great Circus Train cho-chooed across Wisconsin to the ooos and ahhs of spectators at every railway crossing. "The Circus Comes to Town" train show includes model trains set up by local experts alongside a miniature garden planting. | Jan. 24, 2013»Read Full Blog Post